# DockStation/dockstation

DockStation is developer-centric application to managing projects based on Docker. Instead of lots of CLI commands you can monitor, configure, and manage services and containers using just a GUI.

Repository: https://github.com/DockStation/dockstation
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dockstation
License Family: other
Topics: docker, docker-compose, dockerfile, docker-container, docker-swarm, docker-images, kubernetes, moby
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-03-10T16:46:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3452, "days_push": 2002, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2160, forks 110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:20.774336+00:00)

## What it is
DockStation is a developer-centric desktop GUI application for managing Docker-based projects, allowing users to monitor, configure, and manage services and containers without CLI commands. It supports Docker Compose files, remote container management, and Docker Machine providers like VirtualBox, VMware, and Hyper-V.

## Use cases
- manage docker containers with a gui instead of cli
- visualize and edit docker-compose projects
- monitor logs of remote docker containers
- map ports and set environment variables for containers
- manage docker machine vms
- generate clean docker-compose.yml files from a gui

## When to choose
- you prefer a graphical interface over Docker CLI commands
- you need to manage and monitor remote Docker containers
- you want to work with existing docker-compose.yml configs visually
- you use Docker Machine with VirtualBox, VMware, or Hyper-V

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the latest release dates to 2019/2021
- you need Kubernetes cluster management beyond basic support
- you require a web-based or team-oriented container management UI
- you are on an unsupported OS version

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, developer-tools, container-runtime, monitoring, deployment
- domain: developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: windows
- tags: docker-gui, docker-compose, container-management, docker-machine, kubernetes, devops, containers, macos, linux, desktop, docker

## Member repositories
- DockStation/dockstation (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:20.774336+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:50:17.049379+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DockStation/dockstation (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:20.774336+00:00, sha 2d3ab2dfb932)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.